28 The Old Umbrella.

The thing was, to find the old
umbrella, a great big affair that
was not often used, because the
mother’s work was near, and when
it rained she put a shawl over her
head and ran out; and as for the
father, he was used to wet, and de-
spised such things.

So there was a grand hunt for the
old thing; for it had been put away,
and no one knew where it was: but
mother hunted, and May hunted,
and Johnny hunted. And, after all,
it was the little man who found it.
Being so small, he could go under
all sorts of things; and the umbrella
had tumbled down behind a chest of

drawers. And there it lay, never